[Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

I have a Leica IIIa, bought with a new shutter curtain 60 years ago, and, in 
spite of needing a CLA, the shutter still works perfectly.  The Barnacks 
were built for a lifetime of use.  Too bad that my eyes did not have the 
same endurance.  The small VF/RF windows finally pushed the IIIa and IIIf 
into retirement.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use


> No.  When the market was early, and Zeiss was all over cameras, there was
> the Contax 1 and 2 and 3 and then there was the Leica ( whatever ) model.
> Zeiss was king.  Leica the upstart.  As the Good Book says, in the
> beginning, it was Contax and Leica.  Contax was more elegant, more lenses,
> more you name it.  Leica was cheaper by a lot.  People who could not 
> afford
> the Contax, bought Leicas.  So why did Leica become supreme over the 
> Contax?
>
> Because the Contax shutters required constant tweaking, constant 
> replacement
> of the shutter cords, and basically were not reliable.
>
> Deja vue?
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> Haven't Leicas always been pricey?
>
>
>
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